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"Dmitri Galushkevich, 20, of Tallinn, was fined 17,500 Estonian Krooni
($1,641) on Wednesday after he was found guilty of launching an assault
on the website of the Reform Party of Prime Minister Andrus Ansip and
Estonian government systems. The fine is the equivalent of 350 days'
salary, based on the minimum wage set by the Estonian government,
EarthTimes reports.

Galushkevich worked together with unidentified accomplices to
launch the attacks from his Tallinn home between April 25 and May 4
last year.

The fine is the first levied after last year's intense
cyberattacks. Although fairly unsophisticated, the assaults served as a
wake-up to the potential damage that might be caused by DDoS attacks."